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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983
Documentary
TV Movie
1h 0m
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it. (imdb)

Directed by:

Stanley Sheff
Stanley-Sheff
4 total credits
Stanley Sheff has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Lobster Man from Mars, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and Return to Babylon

Writers:

Bob Greenberg
Bob-Greenberg
2 total credits
Bob Greenberg has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Lobster Man from Mars and Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
,
Michael Avery
Michael-Avery
2 total credits
Michael Avery has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Starring:

Marla Gibbs
Marla-Gibbs
27 total credits
Marla Gibbs has 27 credits at Criticker, including: The Meteor Man, Please Stand By, Madea's Witness Protection, The Jeffersons and Spirit Halloween
,
Jesse Jackson
Jesse-Jackson
13 total credits
Jesse Jackson has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, American Dream, Route One USA, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel and American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
,
Redd Foxx
Redd-Foxx
12 total credits
Redd Foxx has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Harlem Nights, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Cotton Comes to Harlem, Sanford and Son and Norman... Is That You?
,
Freeman F. Gosden
Freeman-F-Gosden
5 total credits
Freeman F. Gosden has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Check and Double Check, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
,
Charles J. Correll
Charles-J-Correll
5 total credits
Charles J. Correll has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Check and Double Check, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
,
Richard Correll
Richard-Correll
21 total credits
Richard Correll has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Hannah Montana, Fuller House, Ski Patrol, Two of a Kind and Bunk'd
,
George Kirby
George-Kirby
11 total credits
He was one of the first African-American comedians to begin to appeal to white as well as black audiences during the height of the Civil Rights era, appearing between 1964 and 1972 on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He was an excellent impressionist -- targeting, somewhat scandalously for the time, many white actors such as John Wayne and Walter Brennan rather than solely black stars suc
,
Tim Moore
Tim-Moore
4 total credits
Tim Moore has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, The Turkey Dinner, The Darktown Revue and The Uranium Mine
,
Alvin Childress
Alvin-Childress
10 total credits
Alvin Childress has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Day of the Locust, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Main Event, Anna Lucasta and High Time
,
Ernestine Wade
Ernestine-Wade
8 total credits
Ernestine Wade has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Three Violent People, High Time, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Guns of Fort Petticoat and Bernardine
,
Spencer Williams
Spencer-Williams
42 total credits
American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering and also controversial 1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951).
,
Henry Lee Moon
Henry-Lee-Moon
1 total credit
Henry Lee Moon has just 1 credit at Criticker: Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983
Documentary
TV Movie
1h 0m
Avg Percentile 55.7% from 3 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Compact view
Avg Percentile 55.7% from 3 total ratings
Rated 25 Dec 2010
50
33rd
A potentially interesting sociological look at American history is sabotaged by the fact that... well, there's too much "Amos 'n' Andy" in it. Large parts of this documentary are just scenes from the old TV show. However racist or controversial it is or isn't, it's just another lame sitcom

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Stanley Sheff
Stanley-Sheff
4 total credits
Stanley Sheff has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Lobster Man from Mars, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and Return to Babylon

Writers:

Bob Greenberg
Bob-Greenberg
2 total credits
Bob Greenberg has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Lobster Man from Mars and Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
,
Michael Avery
Michael-Avery
2 total credits
Michael Avery has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Starring:

Marla Gibbs
Marla-Gibbs
27 total credits
Marla Gibbs has 27 credits at Criticker, including: The Meteor Man, Please Stand By, Madea's Witness Protection, The Jeffersons and Spirit Halloween
,
Jesse Jackson
Jesse-Jackson
13 total credits
Jesse Jackson has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, American Dream, Route One USA, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel and American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
,
Redd Foxx
Redd-Foxx
12 total credits
Redd Foxx has 12 credits at Criticker, including: Harlem Nights, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Cotton Comes to Harlem, Sanford and Son and Norman... Is That You?
,
Freeman F. Gosden
Freeman-F-Gosden
5 total credits
Freeman F. Gosden has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Check and Double Check, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
,
Charles J. Correll
Charles-J-Correll
5 total credits
Charles J. Correll has 5 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Check and Double Check, The Lion Tamer, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy and The Rasslin' Match
,
Richard Correll
Richard-Correll
21 total credits
Richard Correll has 21 credits at Criticker, including: Hannah Montana, Fuller House, Ski Patrol, Two of a Kind and Bunk'd
,
George Kirby
George-Kirby
11 total credits
He was one of the first African-American comedians to begin to appeal to white as well as black audiences during the height of the Civil Rights era, appearing between 1964 and 1972 on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He was an excellent impressionist -- targeting, somewhat scandalously for the time, many white actors such as John Wayne and Walter Brennan rather than solely black stars suc
,
Tim Moore
Tim-Moore
4 total credits
Tim Moore has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Amos 'n Andy Show, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, The Turkey Dinner, The Darktown Revue and The Uranium Mine
,
Alvin Childress
Alvin-Childress
10 total credits
Alvin Childress has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Day of the Locust, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Main Event, Anna Lucasta and High Time
,
Ernestine Wade
Ernestine-Wade
8 total credits
Ernestine Wade has 8 credits at Criticker, including: Three Violent People, High Time, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Guns of Fort Petticoat and Bernardine
,
Spencer Williams
Spencer-Williams
42 total credits
American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering and also controversial 1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951).
,
Henry Lee Moon
Henry-Lee-Moon
1 total credit
Henry Lee Moon has just 1 credit at Criticker: Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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